ATLANTA — An eight-year investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice has uncovered crisis-level conditions in all 34 of Georgia’s state prisons. The investigation revealed understaffing and ...

In a State Senate hearing Friday, officials described prison work as the toughest and lowest-paying position in public safety. In 2024, through the end of August, Georgia prisons were the scene of ...

ATLANTA — Georgia prison officials are “deliberately indifferent” to unchecked deadly violence, widespread drug use, extortion and sexual abuse in state lockups, the U.S. Justice Department ...